An ultimate nirvana-like experience achieved when a surfer catches and rides inside the hollow of a large breaking wave without wiping out.
"Tubular" or "Totally Tubular" became Valley-Speak for something awesome.
"Tubular" or "Totally Tubular" became Valley-Speak for something awesome.
by HangingTen November 11, 2015
Tubular is in referance to surfing in the barrel. the tube. getting in a tube is awesome, hence the word tubular : )
by tawagandi August 13, 2007
A once-popular expression meaning, essentially, 'really cool'. Synonymous with far out and awesome. Rarely used these days, except as a joke.
by a-little-lost October 16, 2006
Late 70s and 80s slang, adj. As groovy and as it gets. Too cool to be just a passing fad, like saying tubular turned out to be.
Derived from a way cool 1973 album, titled Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield.
Vals picked up the word and that was the death of saying tubular. If it weren't for so many Vals saying, like tubular that other people associated it with Valspeak, people wouldn't have become afraid to continue saying tubular when Valspeak went out of style.
Derived from a way cool 1973 album, titled Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield.
Vals picked up the word and that was the death of saying tubular. If it weren't for so many Vals saying, like tubular that other people associated it with Valspeak, people wouldn't have become afraid to continue saying tubular when Valspeak went out of style.
Even now, Peeps are still grooving to Tubular Bells, and they figured out by the 80s that it wasn't just a passing fad, so anything groovy enough to outlast a fad became tubular. It's too bad saying tubular wasn't tubular.
by Downstrike May 9, 2006
A slightly outdated term from the 80's used to describe something cool. Stems from the vaccuum tubes in electric guitar amplifiers producing a "tubular" sound rather than the bland tinny sound of the solid-state (transistor) amplifiers which came out in the 80's.
by nfhstx April 18, 2006
1) Of or relating to a tube.
2)Constituting or consisting of tubes or a tube.
3) Shaped like a tube.
4) stolen from science by the surf culture and later by pop culture (in the 1980's).
5) see tubeular for more
6) of or relating to a good thing. See tubeular, supra.
2)Constituting or consisting of tubes or a tube.
3) Shaped like a tube.
4) stolen from science by the surf culture and later by pop culture (in the 1980's).
5) see tubeular for more
6) of or relating to a good thing. See tubeular, supra.
by fntiger July 15, 2004
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